Driver gets helping hand from biker—and keeps coffee cup

The smallest of interventions can be cause for favorable personality reviews on an online recommendation engine. Never underestimate the power of one good deed to brighten someone's day, or the importance of making such acts known.

A situation that hardly seems life-threatening—an SUV driver with a coffee mug forgotten on their car bumper—nevertheless reached a happy ending when a man on a motorcycle who happened to be behind the car in question saw the misplaced cup and decided to take action.

In a scene captured on video and displayed on the Huffington Post, the motorcyclist manages to nab the mug, drive up to the driver side window and hand the vessel off to the woman driving the vehicle, who promptly dumps out its contents before bringing it inside the car (apparently blaming her daughter, although it's hard to tell based on the audio quality).

Though this interaction is so brief, it represents an important exchange, as the mug could very well have been easily lost or, worse, caused an accident by falling off of the bumper and into traffic. Another important detail to note is the way the motorcyclist's face was obscured by his helmet, making it difficult to see his face. And even if the driver had, there would have been no way for her to know his name.

Even with so little to go on, a free people search can provide the curious and thankful a means of securing some sort of follow-up to a momentary encounter with a helpful individual—something we could all use more of.